Blue sky for Marguerite

Such beautiful pictures! Makes me nostalgic for cold weather and a crisp Spring day...

You have some wonderful flower photos here, Janey...
and Wisley Cream flowering for you !
I'll have to make a decision later on, how much to prune mine. It has certainly gone a bit straggly but the sparrows enjoy sitting in it, so I won't cut it back too hard. :o)

Lovely ladybird. Tender tendril of the Passion Flower.
Charming church. Beautiful blue, white and salmon shades of the flowers.... and buds on the cherry tree ... now that really does tell me spring is nearly here. :o)

Brilliant blue sky blog. Well done and thank you. :o)

What a lovely blog Janey. Well done.
Isn't it funny how everything can look so dead and dreary and then when you really start to look closely you find life progressing quietly along.
I love ladybugs and I'm glad you warmed up this little one. So pretty.
The heather looks so nice too with the lovely flowers. I really have to look into trying to grow them here.
Thanks for the blog..... :o)

Janey you have taken some great pictures there (you must have a good camera) to see the hairs on the anchusa such detail, and I loved the ladybird enjoyed your blog, as you say amazing what you can find when you look.....I must see what I can find.!!

Thank you Janey , for a lovely blog ,and very clear pics. we are getting excited now that spring is on the way , it just goes to show there are always some treasure hiding waiting to be discovered if only we take the time to look , I loved the Ladybird and well done for putting it in a warmer place ...........

Brilliant blog - made me want to go and have a closer look at my garden.

What a great blog, Janey. I really enjoyed it. It just goes to show that nature can give us lovely surprises - if we will just LOOK!

I do like that Kniphofia - do you know its latin name, please?

Really lovely blog Janey,and great photos.How good of you to take in the ladybird.Sure its small acts of kindness like that which make all the difference !

I agree with Spritz - smashing Kniphofia in a lovely blog.... and what a brave bacopa.

great blog, so nice to see all the flowers at this time of the year, i must go and have a closer look in my garden!!

Aw....thanks everyone....so pleased you enjoyed it!

Dd ~ This camera was my Chrissy pres...and I'm still getting to grips with it Lol! It's a Panasonic Lumix DMCFZ28...and soon tells me off if I'm not using it right...it bleeps!

Spritz ~ the Kniphofia was in the garden when we came so I don't know it's latin name...it could be Kniphofia rooperi and starts to flower September. You're very welcome to a piece when I split it in the Spring.

Now what am I going to give that ladybird for breakfast?????

Congrats" on a great blog i really enjoyed this one, very impressive,

Very good blog Janey,you are obviously enjoying your camera the pics are great,good of you for rescuing ladybird ,there aren,t many about these days...

Wonderful to find all those things in the cold winter Janey. It shows how tough our plants are. It's as if they can't wait for spring like us. lol

I like the tendril on the passionflower best....very nice...Janey...

Some lovely colour there Janey, great photos, thanks.

Winter flowering Kniphofia…new one on me! Does it do the same every year Janey? Or is it just a bit confused?!

Sid....well it was on me too.....yes the two years we have been here it flowers in the Autumn and still has flower spikes now. I googled it to see and there are so many different types...mine being not the most attractive.....like I said to Spritz...it looks like it probably is Kniphofia Rooperi.

YES please, Janey! Thank you for the kind offer!

Janey...I noticed the anchusa and thought it looked familiar, finally figured out, it is what we call Borage here...we pick it and eat it right out of the garden...or put it in our fresh garden salads. One of my favorite plants of all time..they volunteer here but do not overtake, they seem to know their place....Lovely

I've had a look on Google Cj....and I think this one is a Brunnera...they are similar flowers. You're right about the Anchusa it is of the Borage family and a lot more prickly than this one, we had them growing wild in the Spanish garden along with Chicory and the blue shades were lovely and always covered in bees.

The bees don't seem to be about the one that blooms here..I always look forward to the blooms...they bring back nice memories from when I lived in the islands north of here..it is where I first tasted the bloom of one. It is an herb and has a sweet taste.Your bloom has the same shape, you pinch the bloom off by taking hold right there on top..and pinching lightly and pulling..just pop it right in your mouth. Very high in vitamins...and other nutrients...health food you know....we have chicory that blooms here as well...but more on the road side, have not seen it and the Borage together...would be pretty though.

A lovely blue sky & the 'digs" not to shabby either hey!lol